About Area Neighborhoods: Longboat Key

This 11-mile island, Longboat key, is located half in Manatee and Sarasota Counties, which is the Sarasota's northernmost Barrier Island. Connected to Anna Maria Island by bridge to the north and Lido Key to the south, this is home to world-class golf and tennis resorts. Longboat Key is a wonderland of manicured fairways and opulent high-rise condominiums lining the Gulf of Mexico.

Prudential listings go to Cyberhomes, Google Base, Oodle

Citing their popularity with consumers, Prudential Real Estate Affiliates Inc. said it's begun sending listings to Cyberhomes, AOL.com, Google Base and Oodle, and will purchase display and banner ads on Cyberhomes and Oodle. Prudential Real Estate, which claims more than 2,100 franchise offices and 64,000 sales professionals, said it kicked off the new partnerships today by sending 140,000 for-sale property listings to the sites. Prudential said listings will appear on AOL.com through Cyberhomes, which is providing value range estimates and property profiles at Prudential's real estate search page. Prudential will continue sending listings to FrontDoor.com, Propsmart.com, Trulia.com, Yahoo! Real Estate and Zillow.com.

Welcome Mary Beth Hudson and Gregory Hudson

Prudential Palms Realty is pleased to announce that Mary Beth Hudson and Gregory Hudson, former owners of Avalar Real Estate, have recently affiliated with Prudential Palms Realty's downtown office, along with 12 former Avalar sales associates. Mary Beth Hudson will become the new manager of the Downtown office. Gregory Hudson will be a Prudential Palms Fine Homes Specialist, continuing as a top-producing sales associate. The Hudsons made the move to Prudential Palms in order to take advantage of the advanced technology and marketing resources available through the Prudential brand.
"We are so pleased to be able to join Prudential Palms, continuing our real estate careers with such a high quality Sarasota company," Mary Beth Hudson remarked. "Both Greg and I, as well as our former Avalar sales associates, realize the strength a brand such as Prudential brings. Their marketing programs and international connections, as well as their technological support and infrastructure, is unsurpassed by any company that we have been affiliated with in our 12 years in the real estate business. We are very excited about all the opportunities this affiliation brings."

Our neighbors; the Atlantic Tarpon

The Atlantic tarpon (Tarpon atlanticus or Megalops atlanticus) is found close to shore in warm parts of the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and sometimes in rivers. It habitually breaks the water's surface and gulps air. It grows to 6 ft (1.8 m) and 100 lb (45 kg) or larger. Strength, stamina, and fighting ability, make the tarpon one of Southwest Florida's premier game fish.